Goa Shipyard

Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) is an public sector undertaking for defence ship building located on the West Coast of India at Vasco da Gama, Goa. It was established in 1957, originally by the colonial government of the Portuguese in India as the "Estaleiros Navais de Goa", ^[2] to build barges to be used in Goa's growing mining industry, which took off after the establishment of India's blockade of Goa in 1955. In the wake of Portugal's defeat and unconditional surrender to India following the 1961 Indian annexation of Goa, it was requisitioned to manufacture warships for the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard.

Goa Shipyard Limited

Company type	Public Sector Undertaking
Industry	Defence Ship building
Founded	1957 as Estaleiros Navais de Goa
Headquarters	Vasco da Gama, Goa
Key people	Brajesh Kumar Upadhyay (Chairman & MD)
Products	Frigates Offshore Patrol Vessels Patrol boat Berthing pontoon Tugboat Pollution Control Vessel Fast attack craft Survey vessel Powership
Revenue	₹1,045.8 crore (US$120 million) (2023)[1]
Operating income	₹205.01 crore (US$24 million) (2023)[1]
Net income	₹154.54 crore (US$18 million) (2023)[1]
Total assets	₹6,131.17 crore (US$710 million) (2023)[1]
Total equity	₹1,246.85 crore (US$140 million) (2023)[1]
Number of employees	1277 (March 2023)[1]
Website	Goa Shipyard

GSL is undergoing a modernisation of its yard to adapt to the latest technology in shipbuilding. To this purpose it is negotiating with well-known shipbuilders for an arrangement to collaborate. To date it has built 167 vessels, including barges, tugs, landing craft, offshore patrol vessels and other vessels for the Indian Navy and Coast Guard and for export to countries like Yemen.^[3] Goa Shipyard unlike Cochin Shipyard and Hindustan Shipyard cannot manufacture big vessels of capacity above 15,000 DWT, the average Deadweight Tonnage (DWT) capacity of a ship worldwide is around 60,000 to 80,000 DWT.

A new slipway has been commissioned to take up major repair jobs of ships in the dry dock area. A damage control simulator and two double boom level luffing cranes for heavy lifting have been constructed.^[3]

Military ships built

GSL has built the following ships for military use:^[4]

Landing craft Mark II

• L34 – commissioned 28 January 1980
• L33 – 1 December 1980
• L35 – 11 December 1983
• L36 – 18 July 1986
• L37 – 18 October 1986
• L38 – 10 December 1986
• L39 – 25 March 1987^[5]

Saryu class offshore patrol vessel

• INS Saryu (P54)
• INS Sunayna (P58)
• SLNS Sayurala (P623)
• SLNS Sindurala (P624)

Vikram class offshore patrol vessel

• CGS Varad (40) – 19 July 1990
• CGS Varaha (41) – 19 July 1990^[6]

Samar class offshore patrol vessel

• CGS Samar (42) – 14 February 1996
• CGS Sangram (43) – 29 March 1997
• CGS Sarang (44) – 21 June 1999
• CGS Sagar (45) – 3 November 2003^[7]

Tarantul I class missile corvette

• INS Vinash (K47) – 20 November 1993
• INS Vidyut (K48) – 16 January 1995
• INS Prahar (K98) – 1 March 1997 Lost at sea on 22 April 2006^[8]
• INS Pralaya (K91) – Missile Corvette 18 December 2002

Extra fast patrol vessel

• CGS Sarojini Naidu (229) – 11 November 2002
• CGS Durgabai Deshmukh (230) – 29 April 2003
• CGS Kasturba Gandhi (231) – 28 October 2005
• CGS Aruna Asaf Ali (232) – 28 January 2006
• CGS Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (233) – 28 April 2006^[9]

In 1997, GSL built the three-masted barque INS Tarangini for use as a training ship for the Indian Navy.

Offshore Patrol Vessel

• ICGS Samarth – 10 November 2015

Future ships

GSL has been nominated to build the following class of ships for the Indian Navy and Coast Guard:

Future Indian minehunter class

GSL will jointly build twelve Mine Counter-Measure Vessels in collaboration with a ToT partner selected as per procedure.^[10]

Talwar class frigates

GSL will build two Talwar-class frigates in collaboration with Russia's United Ship Building.^[11]

Fast Patrol Boats For Indian Army

GSL has bagged an Order of Rs.65 Crore from Indian Army to build 12 fast patrol boats for the surveillance and patrolling at large water bodies. The First Vessel is expected to be delivered by July end of 2021.^[12]

Future Pollution Control vessels

GSL will Construct two Pollution Control Vessels for the Indian Coast Guard. These vessels will be independently designed, developed and built by GSL. Both vessels are scheduled for delivery by November 2024, and May 2025, respectively.^[13]

Other products

• Tugboat
• Surface effect ships
• Hovercraft
• High-speed aluminium-hulled vessels
• Pollution control vessels
• Advanced deep sea commercial trawlers
• Fish factory vessels, Catamarans
• Ferry

See also

• Cochin Shipyard
• Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
• Hindustan Shipyard
• Mazagon Dock Limited

References

1. "Annual Statement 2022-23 ".
2. "Chapter-5". Archived from the original on 1 November 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
3. "Goa Shipyard Ltd". Global Security.Org. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
4. "Ships built by Goa Shipyard Limited". Goa Shipyard. Archived from the original on 29 November 2007. Retrieved 13 December 2007.
5. "Mk.2 & Mk.3 Landing Craft". Bharat Rakshak. Archived from the original on 12 December 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
6. "Vikram Class". Bharat Rakshak. Archived from the original on 8 December 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
7. "Samar Class". Bharat Rakshak. Archived from the original on 8 December 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
8. "Veer (Tarantul 1) Class". Bharat Rakshak. Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
9. "Extra Fast Patrol Vessel". Bharat Rakshak. Archived from the original on 8 December 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
10. "India may ink Rs 32,000-cr deal for building minesweepers next month". hindustantimes.com. Hindustan Times. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
11. "Defence ministry clears Goa Shipyard Limted to build frigates". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
12. Newton Sequeira (15 June 2021). "Goa Shipyard Limited to deliver first boat to Army for Pangong Tso patrol by July". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
13. "Defence Ministry seals Rs 583 crore deal with Goa Shipyard to procure 2 pollution control ships". The Economic Times. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

External links

• Website